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DRAUGHTABILITY ASSESSMENT OF INDIAN DONKEY THROUGH FATIGUE ANALYSIS

Y.C. Bhatt, R.N. Verma, Ajay Kumar Sharma, Ghanshyam Tiwari

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¹College of Technology al~ngineerjng, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur - 313001, India

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Cite article:- Bhatt Y.C., Verma R.N., Sharma Kumar Ajay, Tiwari Ghanshyam (2025). DRAUGHTABILITY ASSESSMENT OF INDIAN DONKEY THROUGH FATIGUE ANALYSIS. Indian Journal of Animal Research. 39(1): 1 - 7. doi: .

ABSTRACT

Donkeys have been a source of draught power in many parts of the world from time
immemorial. Three donkeys of different body weights were tested at six draught levels (16-34%
of body weight) for 3 hours duration under sustained working to assess their draught capacity by
measurement of physiological parameters and physical responses. A fatigue scorecard was
developed to make optimum use of the donkey. This fatigue scorecard was analysed using
dimensional analysis approach to develop a fatigue number as a function of draught, duration of
work, speed and mass of donkey to assess the draughtability and fatigue of donkey under
sustained working.

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